Thousands without power across the West following strong winds and snow Published: Saturday, 13 February 2021 09:53
Thousands of homes, farms and businesses are without power this morning after strong winds and snow overnight.
The ESB says there are large outages across Mayo in Facefield, Swinford, Achill, Crossmolina, Ardnaree and Ballyhaunis; Enniscrone in Co. Sligo; and Tuam and Kilconly in Co. Galway with crews working to restore the supply.
ESB have apologised for the loss of supply and are currently working to repair these faults affecting premises across the region.
They say they will restore power as quickly as possible.
A status yellow snow and ice alert remains in place until 12 noon for all of Connacht and Leinster as well as Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal.
Government prepared to plan for Leaving Cert without ASTI Published: Saturday, 13 February 2021 10:24
The Government says it s prepared to go ahead with planning for the Leaving Cert, with or without the support of the ASTI.
The Irish Times reports under draft plans, all students would have the option to avail of calculated grades and complete written exams in June if they wished.
The ASTI pulled out of talks on the Leaving Cert after it said these plans were unacceptable .
However, the union says it had constructive engagement with the Education Minister yesterday.
Labour s Education Spokesperson, Aodhan O Riordan, says he doesn t think it would be wise to press ahead without the ASTI:
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